A reading list that delves into some of the most powerful tellings of queer realities, stories, and imaginings within CanLit. Experience the depth and diversity of Canada’s 2SLGBTQIA+ community, as a proud member, a questioner, or an ally. Here we are all readers, writers, and lovers of words.
Wordstock Sudbury Literary Festival proudly creates space for conversations that highlight marginalized voices and the issues most relevant to them. This reading list includes festival alumni, Shani Mootoo, Casey Plett, Farzana Doctor, Sarah Kurchak, Zoe Whittall, and Adam Mardero, and we look forward to the new conversations and queer authors who will celebrate our 10th Edition with us this November.
Sodom Road Exit
by Amber Dawn
Crosshairs
by Catherine Hernandez
A History of My Brief Body
by Billy-Ray Belcourt
It Was Never Going To Be Okay
by Jaye Simpson
Under My Skin
by Orville Lloyd Douglas
We Have Always Been Here
by Samra Habib
Cut To Fortress
By Tawahum Bige
Cane Fire
By Shani Mootoo
Polar Vortex
By Shani Mootoo
The Language We Were Never Taught To Speak
By Grace Lau
Angry Queer Somali Boy
By Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali
Sister Seen, Sister Heard
By Kimia Eslah
The Family Way
By Christopher Diraddo
Rave
By Jessica Campbell
Claimings and Other Wild Things
By Nyx (Noelle) Schmidt
Fierce Femmes And Notorious Liars
By Kai Cheng Thom
A Dream of A Woman
By Casey Plett
Little Fish
By Casey Plett
The Pull of The Stars
By Emma Donoghue
Butter Honey Pig Bread
By Francesca Ekwuyasi
Personal Attention Roleplay
By Helen Chau Bradley
Care Of
By Ivan Coyote
Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead
By Emily Austin
Tegan & Sara
Modern Heartthrobs
ByMelody Lau
Letters to Amelia
By Lindsay Zier-Vogel
You Still Look The Same
By Farzana Doctor
Stealing Nasreen
By Farzana Doctor
I Overcame My Autism
And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder
By Sarah Kurchak
The Fake
By Zoe Whittall
People Change
By Vivek Shraya
Burning Sugar
By Cicely Belle Blain
Indigiqueerness
By Joshua Whitehead
Peyakow
By Darrel J. McLeod
A Two-Spirit Journey
By Ma-Nee Chacaby
Uncommon Sense
By Adam Mardero
